Rail fastener



April 9, 1929. L 1,708,765

RAIL FASTENER Filed July 5, 1928 Patented Apr. 9, 1929.

UNITED stares CHARLES XV. LEE, 0F LOCK HAVEN, IPENNSYLVANIA.

BAIL FASTEIIER.

Application filed July 5, 192-8. Serial No. 290,429.

This invention relates to a rail fastener.

It is aimed to provide a novel construction whereby rails will be eiiiciently held to their ties without danger of accidental displacement. c

The foregoing end is accomplished by a novel construction as hereinafter described in detail with relation to accompanying drawings.

In said drawings:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary view in plan illustrating the invention as applied to a cross tie,

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the parts of Figure 1, partly in section to disclose details,

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1, and

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on the line ll of Figure 2.

Referring specifically to the drawings, 10 desi nates a cross tie, of wood, metal, composition or otherwise and it is provided with a round vertical hole or bore 11, directly through the portion thereof which supports a rail, said hole communicating with a recess 12 open at the base of the tie and extending on opposite sides of the bore 11.

Rail securing members 13 are prov1ded with hooks or flanges 14 adapted to overlap the base flanges of the rail. Said flanges 14 extend from heads 15 which extend laterally and rest on the upper surface of the tie 10. Said heads 15 occupy slots or recesses 16 in a preferably metallic rail-supporting plate or chair 17 disposed on the upper surface of the tie and positioned by the securing members 13, Said chair or plate 17 has an upper surface 18 which is flush with the upper surfaces of the heads 15 proper as at 19, where they are engaged by the bottoms of the rails. It will be noted that portions 20 of the plate 17 extend above the plane of the surfaces 18 and 19 so as to better reenforce the hooks 1 1 against lateral distortion.

The securing members 13 have semicyl1ndrical shanks 21 which are removably retained in a sleeve or tube 22 which occupies the bore 11 and extends to the base of the rail and through the recess 12.

From one side, the sleeve 22 is semi-circularly cut away as at 23 and each of the shanks 21 is cut away as at 24. As shown particularly in Figure 1, the recess 12 is centrally enlarged as at 25 to extend about a portion of the sleeve 22.

In order to secure the securing elements 13 and sleeve 22 in place, a resilient metallic locking member is employed as at 26. Such locking member or spring is capable of being deflected manually or otherwise so that its central portion may be made temporarily arcuate, to the end that the lock 26 may be inserted through the recess 12 and its enlargement 25 from below and when opposite the notches or cut away portions 23 and 24, snap or straighten into the same to occupy the position shown in Figure 4.

It will be seen that the lock cannot readily become displaced and that it is inaccessible for tampering.

While means is shown for securing but a single rail to the tie, it is to be understood of course that usually two of the devices are used for each tie although the number obviously depends upon the number of rails to traverse the tie.

Various changes may be resorted to provided they fall within the spirit and scope of the invention.

I claim as my invention 1. In combination with a tie, rail securing means thereon having heads, a rail supporting plate provided with recesses engaged by said heads, said plate having flush surfaces for support of a rail, hooks extending from said heads to engage the rail, and portions on said plate in abutment with said hooks ex tending above the said flush surfaces.

2. In combination with a tie, rail securing means thereon having heads a rail supporting plate provided with recesses engaged by said heads, said plate having flush surfaces for support of a rail, said rail securing means comprising a plurality of removable members having cut away portions, and a fastening element, occupying said cut away portions and overlapping the tie.

3. In combination with a tie, rail securing means thereon having heads, a rail supporting plate provided with recesses engaged-by said heads, said plate having flush surfaces for support of a rail, said rail securing means comprising a plurality of removable members having cut away portions, a fastening element occupying said cut away portions and overlapping the tie, and a sleeve surrounding said members and having a cut away portion also engaged by said locking member.

1. In combination with a tie having a vertical bore therethrough and a recess intersecting the same and open at the base of the tie, rail-securing members having shanks, a sleeve surrounding said shanks, sald shanks and sleeve occupying saidbore and extending into the recess, said sleeve and shanks having cut away portions opening into the recess, the

tical. borertherethrough and a recess inter secting the same and open at the base of the tie, rail-securing members having shanks, a sleeve surrounding said shanks, said shanks and sleeve occupying said bore and extending into the recess, said sleeve and shanks having cut away portions opening into the recess, "the recess being arcuate about the sleeve, and a spring locking key insert-able upwardly through said recess in order to engage the cut away portions and overlap the tie, heads on said shanks resting on the top of the tie, said heads having rail engaging hooks, a plate resting on the top of the tie and having recesses occupied by'said heads, and said heads and plate having flush surfaces for the support of a rail. e

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

CHARLES W. LEE. 

